# NTSB DFW07CA209: Piper PA-31-350, N45014, Pampa, TX, September 28, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 28, 2007, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Pampa, TX
- Coordinates: 35.613056, -100.996391
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6131&lon=-100.9964&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Lubbock, Texas
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66905
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW07CA209
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66905/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA209

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Wheels up landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

During the landing flare in a twin-engine airplane, the 1,391-hour commercial pilot heard the landing gear warning horn.  The pilot stated that he added engine power to initiate a go-around as he extended the landing gear.  The airplane's propellers struck the runway and the airplane skidded approximately 650-feet down the runway before coming to a stop on the runway.  The pilot egressed, uninjured, through the left cabin door. The throttles were found in the "full forward" position and the landing gear selector handle was found in the "down" position.  The inboard main gear doors were found in the retracted position indicating that gear sequencing had not started when the airplane touched-down on the runway.   Company policy directed the pilot to extend the landing gear prior to descending below 1,000-feet above ground level on approach.

## Factual narrative

During the landing flare in a twin-engine airplane, the 1,391-hour commercial pilot heard the landing gear warning horn.  The pilot stated that he added engine power to initiate a go-around as he extended the landing gear.  The airplane's propellers struck the runway and the airplane skidded approximately 650-feet down the runway before coming to a stop on the runway.  The pilot egressed, uninjured, through the left cabin door. The throttles were found in the "full forward" position and the landing gear selector handle was found in the "down" position.  The inboard main gear doors were found in the retracted position indicating that gear sequencing had not started when the airplane touched-down on the runway.   Company policy directed the pilot to extend the landing gear prior to descending below 1,000-feet above ground level on approach.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N45014](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45014), registered now, S/N 31-8052171, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-31-350
- Registry model: [Piper PA-31-350](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (registry code 7103110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31-8052171
- Airframe hours: 14068
- Engines: Lycoming LTIO-540-J2B 350 horsepower reciprocating; Lycoming TIO-540-J2B 350 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Ameriflight Inc, doing business as Ameriflight LLC
- Registered owner: UAS Transervices Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, September 1, 2007
- Departed: BGD, BORGER, TX
- Destination: PPA, PAMPA, TX
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: PPA, Perry Lefors Field, runway 17, 5,866 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review June 1, 2007; seat: left; flight hours: 1,391 total, 150 in this make and model, 1,322 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Not reported
- Wind: 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 200 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.20 inHg
- Observed at: PPA

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20070928021309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070928021309A), Sep 28, 2007: Piper PA31350, Pampa, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 28, 2007, at approximately 0945 CDT, while on a CFR title part 91 VFR repositioning flight from borger (bgd) to Pampa, Texas, (ppa), the…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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